Saints and Carr deal released $150M over 4 years $100M fully guaranteed

jahsoul357 said

we were gifted with a bad call on the fumble,

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I think the original call on the field was correct. The defender did hit the ball during Carr’s windup, but did not get the ball fully dislodged from Carr’s hand. There was no air between Carr’s hand and the football as Carr’s arm started moving forward.

Now, Carr’s fingers were no longer around the football as his arm went forward—however, the heel of his hand essentially pushed the ball forward as he completed his throwing motion. It looked weird in real time, yes. But as long as I’ve been watching football and especially in the replay era … if the passer’s throwing motion is the impetus of the ball going forward, it will be treated as a forward pass practically every time.